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A noh mask *noumen \Ź representing a good-luck sea sprite, fond of drinking. Sculpturally of the same conception as *douji ¶q and *jidou ¶, shoujou is immediately recognizable by the bright red coloring indicative of intoxication. The mouth curls into a broad smile exposing a suggestion of lower teeth as well as upper, painted white at the tip, black at the base. The cheek muscles pull back for the smile and the Ö shaped eyes twinkle. Loose strands of hair fall lightly over rising eyebrows. Used exclusively for the role of shojou elves in the play SHOUJOU ąĶąĶ or the Kanze Ļ¢ school TAIHEI SHOUJOU årąĶąĶ. These inebriated sprites present a wine merchant with a spring of wine that never runs dry. A very fine example housed in Tenkawa Daibenzaitensha VĶåŁąVŠ, Nara, bears an inscription with the date 1591. | ||||||
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